It is indeed a tragic thing to send me looking for a new carrer at the bottom of the heap in a path that peaks out far below what I am currently making.
Odd this isn't brought up on the WSJ article, just like they
see independent workers as a plus to new jobs but not to unemployment figures. Its like throwing out all the bad news and announcing "See all the news is good!"
If you go from your $100k programming job to a $15k hamburger flipper the WSJ will rejoice in the "job destruction" without checking to see if you've actually progressed.